Thursday, March 19, 2009

funkytown is back

funkytown is back! actually, it never quite went away. a few die-hards kept a skeletal presence in funkytown through the winter, but now that the first blooms are in sight, the little village is growing quickly again. for those of you new to artsyville, funkytown was started by someone in our neighborhood last year by tossing a few toys in their side yard, and over the summer it evolved into a fun trading environment. people bring arts, crafts, junky kid toys - weird random stuff lives in harmony here. my favorite things today were the flower that someone fashioned out of an egg carton - so clever - and the beautiful headbands that arrived in the mail for my girls from a sweet art friend. my least favorite thing today: just look at birdiegirl's NAUGHTY purple fingers. she found a bottle of liquid watercolor this afternoon.

this is so cool it makes me wish i lived right beside you! and i'm reading it on the first (well, second) day of spring when i will go to my own funkytown garden center and plot and plan my secret neighborhood, which will include plastic flamingos and plastic lizards and one overweight frog. oh, and an elf or two and maybe one effeminine ken doll....